diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index 87b8577b740f..539ed12c55b5 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ after prompting the operator to change media.
 The filesystem to be dumped is specified by the argument
 .Ar filesystem
 as either its device-special file or its mount point
-(if that is in a standard entry in /etc/fstab).
+(if that is in a standard entry in
+.Pa /etc/fstab ) .
 .Pp
 The following options are supported by
 .Nm :